With the first week of Patch 8.1 finishing, most players have had their share of Faction Assaults already, either for some extra experience for alts or a major World PvP hub, many players have been participating from these events. \r\rHowever, something not everyone has noticed is that the World Quests for Assaults have different rewards with War Mode enabled or disabled.

Patch 8.1 added a new reward from your weekly Island Expedition World Quest: Mapa do Tesouro Misteriosos. This new feature rewarded only currencies during PTR testing.\r\rHowever, now that the patch is live, more items were found on their possible rewards, including transmog pieces, pets, and even mounts!

Blizzard announced on Twitter that they will remove the profession requirement on BoP crafted items that was added in Patch 8.1. With this change, characters that once crafted those items will now be able to wear them again, even not having that profession anymore.

While we wait for Patch 8.1 to go live, it is a good time to highlight a new tech change of the new patch: its new folder structure. \rStarting in Tides of Vengeance, all your WoW installs will have the same root folder.

As Tides of Vengeance looms close in the horizon, it is an excellent time to remind players of the technical, under-the-hood optimizations happening with the new patch, plus news about further Nvidia improvements with recent drivers.

One of the main inclusions of the patch 8.1 happens to be the sheer number of new mounts available to collect. Tides of Vengeance adds many new mounts, including over 20 with known sources from day one.\r\rWith that in mind, we made sure to have our resources updated with the most recent information on all these mounts.

Less than a week away from the launch of Patch 8.1, Blizzard pushed a new change to War Mode to the PTR realms. Players are now able to turn off War Mode while in resting areas, like inns or minor cities. \r\rThis is the second change to the Warmode mechanic in Tides of Vengeance, the first one being the call to arms buff based on faction imbalance.